Passive Stretching Versus Electrical Stimulation on Glucose Level, in Elderly With Type II Diabetes

Comparison of Passive Stretching Versus Electrical Stimulation on Glucose Level, Functional Mobility and Perceived-fatigue in Elderly With Type II Diabetes

Sixty elderly diabetics (type II) their age ranged from 60-75 years had been divided into two equal groups; group (A) treated by 40-minute passive stretching exercises, while the group (B) treated by 30 minutes electrical stimulation three times per week for 12 weeks. Blood glucose level,Time up and go test (TUG) and Fatigue severity scale were done before and after 12 weeks of the study.Conclusion: Both electrical stimulation and passive stretching are effective to lowering blood glucose level and can be proposed for those people restricted to perform exercise.

Background: Physical exercise is one of the bases for controlling and treatment type 2 diabetes mellitus. But not all diabetic elderly is able to perform physical exercise because of their physical limitation condition. The approach for those people in this study is electrical stimulation and passive stretching. Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare the effect of passive stretching and electrical stimulation on blood glucose level, functional mobility and Perceived-Fatigue in diabetic elderly. Methods: Sixty elderly diabetics (type II) their age ranged from 60-75 years had been divided into two equal groups; group (A) treated by 40-minute passive stretching exercises, while the group (B) treated by 30 minutes electrical stimulation three times per week for 12 weeks. Blood glucose level,Time up and go test (TUG) and Fatigue severity scale were done before and after 12 weeks of the study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• HbA1c value between 6.5% -8.5%,
• age ranged from 60-75 years patients have
• body mass index (BMI) from 25 to 29.9 kg/m2,
• duration of diabetes ranged from 5-7 years. They were
• on oral hypoglycemic medications at the same dose.
• All patients were clinically and medically stable when attending the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• unstable cardiovascular,
• chest problems
• other types of diabetes
• on insulin therapy
• chronic renal failure and
• iron deficient anemia and
• musculoskeletal disorders which may affect their physical ability to do the exercises.